Running to standstill...

• A little Adam Schiff news -- activity has picked up a bit at the congressman's new blog. A few interesting items, including his recent meeting with LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his trip a couple weeks ago to Pakistan.

• Is this for real? A new airline out of Ohio called Skybus is offering $10-a-leg flights from Burbank's Bob Hope Airport to its hub in Columbus, Ohio. In fact, that the only place you can fly to (and back). Once you're there, don't forget to visit the Jack Nicklaus Museum!

• Tomorrow in Glendale is Take Your Kids to Work Day -- from the City Hall release:

  The City of Glendale will hold its 11th Annual Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. This program will also provide an opportunity for daughters/sons to gain a deeper understanding of employee’s role and contribution to the City of Glendale.

  At 9:30 am there will be a ceremony and presentation in the Council Chambers (City Hall) with Mayor Ara Najarian. After the ceremony, participants will be invited to the parking lot immediately behind City Hall where the kids will have an opportunity to interact with representatives from various departments, and learn about the challenging work they perform.

• An update on the development fight brewing in the Verdugo Hills Golf Course. News Press

• The Leader writes-up nurses and hospital staff picket at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. The have been working without a contract since March 31.

• KROQ's "Doc on the ROQ," Boyd Britton took time yesterday to remind us of another geoncide in this email:

  Not to detract in any way from the Armenian horror, but if you dig deep enough you'll find the FIRST of the 20th century genocides was the attempt to exterminate the Herero tribe by Von Trotha in German Southwest Africa (now Namibia) in 1904. About 50,000 died, exceeded by later events but just as evil.